Improvement in measuring-faucets



J. M. WHEELER. MEASURING FAUCET.

2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

Patented. Dec;5. 1876.

WZZJZeJseJ @www an z Sheets-Sheet 2.

J. M. WHEELER.

MEASURING FAUCET.

' Patented Dec. 5.18746.

iil\ I Witnesses i Inrentor: (zaflwu flweL 2 24 UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE JOHN M. WHEELER, OF HILLSDALE, IOWA.

IMPROVEMENT IN MEASURING-FAUCETS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 185,003, dated December5:, 1876; application filed October 23, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JoHN M. WHEELER, of Hillsdale, Iowa, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Faucets for Measuring Liquids, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of thisspecification, in which- Figure l is a perspective View of my invention.Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the plug. Figs. 3, 4, and 5 arehorizontal views of the faucet with the plug in different positions.

My invention relates to measuring and drawing oft liquids from a vessel;and it consists in the combination of devices hereinafter described andclaimed.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to (lescribe the exact manner in which I have carried' it out.

In the drawings, A represents a tank or vessel containing the liquid tobe measured and drawn off. Leading from the bottom of the vessel is thefaucet B, provided with the two arms I) and b, and with the plug B,formed as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, so as to control the liquid by openingor closing any one or all of the channels 1 2 3. On the arm I) aresecured two or more small closed measures, G O, of any desired capacity,with a stopcock, 0, to close the communication between them, as shown inFig. 1. On the arm bis secured a single closed measure, D, or more,

of larger capacity and of any size desired. The three vessels O'O D areconnected by a vent-tube, E, which communicates near its center with thevertical tube F, extending to the top of the vessel A, and open at itsupper end for the passage of air. This vertical tube I make of glass,and connect it with a graduated scale onthe vessel, by which I amenabled at all times to determine the height of the liquid in thevessel.

The tube, for greater safety, may be partially em bodied in a crease orgroove formed in the side of the vessel, as shown in Fig. 1.

From the above description it is evident that either or all three of themeasures 0 O D may be filled and emptied at pleasure. If it be desiredto fill only one of the small measures, the stop-cock e is closed or, byopening it, both measures may be filled, and by closing it after fillingone measure may be emptied without disturbing the other.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

The faucet B, provided with the arms I) b, and plug B, in combinationwith the measures G O D, provided with the ventilatingtubes E and F,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

- JOHN M. WHEELER.

Witnesses:

N. B. STRONG, E. G. DRURY.

